The Snatchers (Al-Naze'aat)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
By those (angels) that pluck out the soul from depths, 1 and gently take it away; 2 And those who glide swimmingly, 3 And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses, etc.). 4 by the managers (angels) affair. 5 On the day when the first trump resoundeth. 6 And there will follow it the next blast. 7 On that Day some hearts shall tremble (with fright), 8 While eyes are downcast 9 They say: "Shall we go back to our original state 10 Even after we are crumbled bones? 11 [And] they add, "That, then, would be a return with loss!" 12 But it shall be only a single scare, 13 and behold, they are awakened. 14 HAS THE STORY of Moses ever come within thy ken. 15 When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa, 16 Saying: go thou unto Fir'awn; verily he hath waxen exorbitant. 17 and say to him: 'Are you willing to be purified, 18 [If so,] then I shall guide thee towards [a cognition of] thy Sustainer, so that [henceforth] thou wilt stand in awe [of Him].'" 19 And he showed him the tremendous token. 20 but he belied and disobeyed, 21 and brusquely turned his back [on Moses]; 22 And he gathered [his people] and called out 23 Yet to a rich man, 24 but God seized him and meted out to him the chastisement of both the next world and the present: 25 Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah]. 26